Carbon re-named to Helium

If you went to check your app drawer recently for the popular backup app Carbon, you may have noticed that it wasn’t there. Well, that’s because it has been re-named to Helium. It’s the same app, just with a new name…

For those unfamiliar with the app:

“Helium does NOT require root. All Android users can use Helium to backup and sync Android applications.

Helium lets you backup your apps and data to your SD card or cloud storage. With Helium, you can sync app data from your other Android devices– even if they are not on the same network. Set up backup schedules with Helium, and never lose data again.”

Carbon/Helium creator Koushik Dutta, better-known as Koush, received a cease andÂ desistÂ letter from popular cloud-backup service, Carbonite regarding a possible trademark infringement. Rather than fight it and hire a trademark attorney, he decided to change the name altogether and move forward. Additionally, there were some bug fixed including:

Â * App icons are now stored in a .nomedia directory as a hidden dot file. Dear God, I hope this works. Redo your backups to hopefully clear out the gallery spam.
* Fixed a bugs with PC Restore.
* Helium’s Windows Installer now includes the Universal ADB Driver as part of the installation. If you had device detection problems before, thisÂ mayÂ fix it!

As I’m writing this, the premium version of Helium is still named Carbon (Premium) and has yet to be re-named, but will be shortly I’m sure.